Word Analysis
Vocabulary
Capitalization
Comprehension
Division
100

Which word contains the Latin root meaning pull?

A. awfully

B. tractor

C. punish

D. balloon

B. tractor

100

Which word fits best in this sentence:

The bridge ________ the river at a narrow point.

A. relieved

B. fulfilled

C. monitored

D. spanned

D. spanned

100

Which of these words should begin with a capital letter?

A. window

B. america

C. yellow

D. hospital

B. america

100

What was the biggest problem Orville had on the first flight?

A. getting witnesses

B. talking to Wilbur

C. controlling the machine

D. Moving the machine onto the track

C. controlling the machine

100

50 / 5

10

200

Which word contains the Latin root meaning mark?

A. design

B. starve

C. marry

D. darkness

A. design

200

Which word means the way in which something is done?

A. manner

B. victory

C. salute

D. paddle

A. manner

200

Which of these words should not begin with a capital letter?

A. Roberto

B. Florida

C. Invent

D. August

C. invent

200

In addition to the diary, what other proof do we have of the first flight?

A. video

B. voice recordings

C. a collection of paintings

D. photographs taken that day

D. photographs taken that day

200

180 / 6 

30

300

Which word contains the Latin root meaning speak?

A. spent

B. weaken

C. predict

D. different

C. predict

300

What does the word trial mean in this sentence?

The first trial of the plane was exciting but a little scary.

A. version

B. test

C. exterior

D. wing

B. test

300

Which word should be capitalized in this sentence?

The visiting tourists saw the sunset on the pacific. 

Pacific

300

Who built the engine for the first flying machine?

A. Orville Wright

B. Charlie Taylor

C. Wilbur Wright

D. Neither the poem nor the diary give this information.


C. Charlie Taylor

300

320 / 4

80

400

Which word contains the Latin root meaning hand?

A. expand

B. handsome

C. fantastic

D. manually

D. manually

400

Which word fits best in this sentence?

Jason pulled the _______ carefully.

A. mounting

B. poppy

C. lever

D. rumble

C. lever

400

Which words should be capitalized in the sentence?

The highway to the grand canyon passes through a forest.

Grand Canyon

400

According to Orville's diary, how long was the first flight?

A. 100 feet

B. 175 feet

C. 12-14 feet

D. between 20 and 25 miles

A. 100 feet

400

5400 / 9

600

500

Which word is an antonym of extract?

A. insert

B. contract

C. expect

D. dispel

A. insert

500

A person who is not very interesting is called a ______.

A. trace.

B. bore.

C. rack.

D. ledge.

B. bore

500

Which word should not be capitalized?

The City of Denver is located at the edge of the Rocky Mountains. 

City

500

The poem says the Wright brothers signaled for witnesses. Why did they do this?

A. to be sure no one got hurt

B. to attach the motor to the plane

C. to prove they really flew

D. to get help moving the machine

C. to prove they really flew

500

2000 / 5

400

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